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Trolley offers BaD tours
Antonio Sanchez | October 17On AMC’s television series “Breaking Bad,” the “White House” at 3828 Piermont Drive is home to one of Albuquerque’s biggest meth cooks;
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Good for a knuckle sandwich
Megan Underwood | October 17Mean, angry bread has arrived in Nob Hill — but in the best way possible. Mean Bao bakery is an Asian fusion bakery named after the Chinese word for bread, “mian bao”.
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Girl Talk feels the wub at Sunshine
Justin de la Rosa | October 17Although the popularity of electronic dance music (EDM) has indeed grown during the past few years, the market seems a bit oversaturated.
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A hitchhiker’s guide to New Mexico
Nicole Perez | October 16I packed my backpack full of buttery burritos, a Nikon D100 camera and a few steak knives; I was ready to hitchhike until the soles of my shoes wore through.
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The Weekly Free
Nicole Perez | October 16It’s back to the daily grind, but don’t suffer more than you have to. Here’s your weekly dose of freedom.
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Students help keep hot air balloon tradition afloat
Antonio Sanchez | October 9UNM student John Wilson grew up in balloons; his first flight was at the young age of 2. “It never gets old, it’s always different. I think that’s one of the best things about the hobby, the sport — every time you fly, there’s something new,”
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‘Lion King’ reigns at Popejoy
Antonio Sanchez | October 9A few fun facts to make you feel old: The original “The Lion King” motion picture opened in theaters nationwide in 1994 — 18 years ago. Three years later, the musical adaptation hit Broadway.
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The Weekly Free
Nicole Perez | October 9Praise the lord, kiss the ground, it’s finally fall break. Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we’re free at last. If you want to celebrate but don’t have any money, check out these freebies and savor every free minute.
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Brooms Up
Antonio Sanchez | October 4The UNM Quidditch team’s biggest obstacle isn’t funding, membership or rechartering — it’s gravity. Luckily for the team, “Muggle Quidditch” was invented seven years ago, with a comprehensive rulebook that explains how to play the sport on the ground.
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Colleges catch Quidditch fever
Nicole Perez | October 4Almost 1,000 Quidditch teams duel each other around the globe — including teams from Iran, Argentina, Russia, Australia, China and the United States.
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Rail jam jump-starts winter
Nicole Storey | October 4Tony Gambino has a fever: a fever for snowboarding. “If you’re a snowboarder, you kind of understand the passion that we have for the sport.
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Hip-hop’s not all hype
Justin de la Rosa | October 3A common misconception about rap and hip-hop is that it’s nothing but gold chains, flat-billed hats and rolling with a crew who contribute little more than nothing to the music during a live performance.
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LGBTQ film festival entry details abuse
Megan Underwood | October 3A transgender woman with AIDS lies on her deathbed, and every time one of the nurses did a checkup, the nurse would remind her that she was going to hell.
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Scenes impart essence of Ovid
Graham Gentz | October 2There is always an extreme gender discrepancy in theater, with the number of men titanically dwarfed by the number of women. Hint.
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The Weekly Free
Nicole Perez | October 2I’m really burned out by explaining to you why free things are great … so just take my word for it. This week’s freebies are awesome.
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Night Interrupted
Nicole Perez | September 27Organizers spent two months planning a secretive gathering of musicians, aerialists and poets in the middle of the bosque. On Saturday night, the lights were strung, a baby and an older man danced together in front of the stage and a band started the first drumbeats of a song. And then the cops showed up.
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Challenging consumerism
Nicole Perez | September 27In a perfect world, people would give and take from each other freely, according to Bosque Lights co-organizer Cameron James.
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Electricity charges transformative art
Megan Underwood | September 27Daniel Reeves was ambushed in the jungle of Vietnam, had an out-of-body experience, achieved enlightenment through Buddhism and now makes transformative art.
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For Your Ears
Antonio Sanchez | September 27Punk outfit Aficionado is just as likely to rock out with a flute and piano as with an electric guitar and a microphone.
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Play does Jane Austen proud
Justino Brokaw | September 25When Jane Austen first wrote “Pride and Prejudice” in 1813, it was a rip-roaringly modern tale. Its fascinating, complex setting — the upper-class English society of the early 1800s — has largely disappeared in the two centuries since. Yet the novel itself has only grown in popularity, becoming a literary classic.
